… into fall. Garden centers are awash with pumpkins, mums, pansies, decorative stems, and kale in celebration of autumn. Take a stroll through one of our 27 beautiful display gardens for … help woody plants get established before going dormant. Some trees are marginally hardy in the Chicago area and should be planted in the spring. Be sure to ask an expert before planting. Think Ahead This is the month to start …
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… of complementary flowering perennials, bulbs, ornamental grasses, and ground covers, laid out in a tapestry of color and texture with the intention of blooming in sequence with the crabapples above them. Early spring, the colors of these companion plants … fruit that follows is enjoyed by hungry birds and wildlife. There are considerable differences in fruit as well as flowers. ‘Calocarpa’ produces glossy red fruit, while the Japanese flowering …
Type: Walks
… Boxwood blight was first discovered in the United States in 2011. Currently, it has been identified in 18 states, primarily in the east. It is being managed at a state level, with various states …
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… particularly vulnerable to salt and snow injury. Description & Symptoms Salt injures plants in two ways. It soaks into the soil with melting snow and is taken up by plant roots. It also … susceptible to salt damage because they retain their needles during the winter. Salt damage in evergreen plants results in yellowing and browning needles that eventually drop from the plant. Salt damage in deciduous …
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… them down. Another side of the Garden emerges after the front gates close for the night—one in which the natural world is less colorful but more dramatic. In the dark, your senses sharpen. You look at blooms in a new way when they are lit by lightning bugs instead of the sun. Photo courtesy of Cathi …
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… 1 program per time slot). Field Trip workshops must be booked a minimum of three weeks in advance; full payment is due at time of scheduling. Select Workshop Topic upon checkout. … K-ESS3-1 Sneaky Plants (Grades K – 1) How and why do plants change the spaces they live in? We will show you places in the Garden where plants have affected their environment and challenge you to figure out why. …
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… When gardening in the Midwest, it is truly a delight to discover plants that have saved their showier sides for … to the more subtle beauty of the winter landscape. One plant whose shiny red berries sparkle in the snow is a deciduous holly, Ilex verticillata . Often called winterberry or coralberry, … winter hardiness, berry display, and pest and disease resistance. Winterberries are at home in moist sites, with some even tolerating wetter conditions. Full sun to part shade is best, with …
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… Nymphaea Waterlily is very fond of floating in a sunny pond. Tantalizing little creature, likes to grow where one can't reach her. – … rather than submersed plants; the latter live fully underwater, while waterlilies are rooted in underwater rhizomes that send long, flexible stems (called petioles) up toward the light. They … if you choose to grow waterlilies as garden writer Karen Zaworski noted more thoroughly in our Smart Gardener article, Picture-Perfect Waterlilies . The climate preference, plant size, …
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… 3/8" long, slightly rounded, metallic green insects. The beetles can be easily seen feeding in large groups on leaf and flower tissue. Leaves and flowers become skeletonized. The white, … of turf grass, causing dead brown patches to appear. Timing & Life Cycle Adult beetles emerge in early July and feed for four to six weeks on more than 300 species of plants. Female beetles lay eggs in the soil 3 inches below the surface of a lawn. Grubs hatch two weeks later and feed on grass …
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… Vanda orchid is the national flower of Singapore. It is recognizable as the flower often used in Hawaiian leis. It was discovered in 1613 by Alvin Semedo, who called it “ tiao hua n” or “air plant” because of its large aerial roots. In the home, Vandas require warm growing conditions with bright light, high humidity, and good …
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